My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.
BETTY FORDI’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.
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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
BETTY FORDYou can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
BETTY FORDFriends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
BETTY FORDHaving babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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My makeup wasn’t smeared, I wasn’t disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
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For 14 years, I’d been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I’d lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
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The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.
BETTY FORDThe problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.
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I feel it’s important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
BETTY FORDI feel it’s important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
BETTY FORDAny woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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I really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
BETTY FORDI really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
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